Honor Tour picks 37 seniors for Kansas City trip
Thirty-seven area high school seniors from Franklin County Pomona Williamsburg Central Heights Wellsville and Ottawa were chosen for the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce 22nd scholastic tour to Kansas City Missouri on May 7. Stops include Trans World Airlines Flight Training Center WDAF TV Old Westport Country Club Plaza and Waldo Astoria with dinner and Woody Allen play Play It Again Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Sam
Wellsville
Ottawa High
Bob’s Thriftway
Pomona
Kim Gilbert
Gerald Howard
Yolanda Dickinson
Barbara King
Tracy Boecker
Williamsburg
Randall Hermreck
Douglass 5
Meier
Priscilla M. Roberts
Central Heights
Brian Vining
Cathy Morgan
Mariann Poss
Debbie Theele
Dick James
Brad Averill
Roscoe Willoughby
Julie Walker
Becky Alexander
Clark Cyr
Ottawa
Mark Barnes
Rebecca Beeman
Sharon Blakeley
Laury Bobbis
County Sale Next Month at Franklin County Auction
Franklin County will auction surplus equipment and recovered stolen property on May 10 at 10:00 AM at the county barn on West 19th Street. The sale includes three sheriff patrol cars, two road department pickups, a 2.5 ton truck with winch, sand spreader, rotary mower, five fuel tanks, bridge planks, ambulance station wagon, desk, CB radio base, plus unclaimed stolen items such as a table saw, two fishing rods, two chain saws, tools and a bathtub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
West 19Th Street
Road Department
Watch for the opening of The Back Door Club soon Pomona Kan
Local notices announce a series of sales and events including a golf sale at Budges Sports Center in Pomona Kansas through April 26. Advertisers promote a pre-owned color TV at $200 from Action Appliance and TV, a free welding clinic at Town and Country Supply on April 30, and a welding supplies sale. McArdle’s Refrigeration offers cheap Rheem central air systems and heating units with free estimates. Continuous promotions list low-cost furnace and HVAC package deals with SEER ratings and multiple sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wed
Walnut
McArdle
Library Line Questions Answered At Community Center
The library offers help beyond books with a Community Information Center at 5th and Main. Readers ask about PT boats, pocketbook plants, Weight Watchers meetings, service academy expenses, Popeye trivia, bylaws amendments, and the Skunk Rum Book Sale on June 1. Calls at 242-3080 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5Th and Main
Robert
Friends of the Library
Governor Lists Legislative Wants in Cleanup Session
Governor John Carlin prioritizes highway funding, property classifications amendments, school finance, and final appropriations. He supports a five cent motor fuel tax increase and notes highway funding may miss this session without broader support, while urging cautious budgeting to keep a $117 million to $130 million ending balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Carlin
Senate
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
Gas Service Co Seeks Second Hearing on Rate Increase
Gas Service Co asks the Kansas Corporation Commission for a rehearing of its March 26 decision granting only 3.1 million of a 22.7 million rate increase to a large Kansas City based natural gas distributor. The decision on rehearing is pending, with a likely outcome after 10 days.
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Topeka, Kan
Gas Service Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Court of Appeals
KCC
Tom Coleman
Kansas Legal Services
Topeka
Commission
No-Till Planter Ready For Franklin County Farmers
The no-till planter provided by Chevron Chemical Co to the Franklin County Conservation District is ready after a week’s delay. Brady implements repaired worn parts, and farmers must sign up at the conservation office to reserve acreage for use and agree to pay one dollar per acre planted.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Pauline Willford
Conservation District
Brady Implements
Chevron Chemical Co
Willford
The
Conservation Office
Prom Dress Bonanza and Local Notices In Ottawa
A sweep of ads includes Litwin's prom dresses, FREDA'S Mother’s Day sale, and Ottawa Ballet tickets. Also listings for Noxious Weed Dept hours, Budge's Hardware open house, a steak supper at F.W. Ot taw ay, and senior edition photo info due May 2 at the Ottawa Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litwin’s
Freda
Southwestern Bell Expands Ottawa Service Projects
Southwestern Bell launches a $521,300 project to improve north Ottawa service by replacing 400 poles and 16 miles of aerial cable with 26 miles of buried cable. Construction started in January and should finish by year end under Manager Pauli Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell
Ottawa
Pauli Knight
Knight
Southwestern Bells
Civil case filed in Anderson County Hospital dispute
The Daily Report notes a civil case filed in Garnett involving Anderson County Hospital and defendants Donald and Keeta Berger seeking recovery of money. Also mentions a false alarm run to Ransom Memorial Hospital. Separately, a Kansas City market report covers slaughter cattle prices with steadiness and modest gains, detailing steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and Wealers across multiple markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Anderson County Hospital, Garnett
Donald and
Keeta Berger
Kansas City
Peoria
St. Paul
OHS Seniors Enjoy Short Week and Spring Revue
The high school granted seniors one official skip day this week with classes excused. On Wednesday at 7 30 the Cyelonette drill team staged its annual spring revue featuring past and new routines, with awards and officer introductions. The Cyrones began their spring tour Thursday, performing in Kansas and Missouri towns and at Silver Dollar City in Branson before heading home.
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Brenda Watts
Cyelonette Drill Team
OHS
Cyrones
Kansas
Missouri
Pleasanton
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Webb City
Neosho
Diamond
Branson
Silver Dollar City
County Is Sey Leader in State Soybean Output 1979
Franklin County ranked second in soybean production in 1979 per county Extension agent Bob Bozworth. The state Board of Agriculture reports Franklin County grew 1,798,000 bushels on 62,000 acres at 29 bushels per acre. Sorghum totaled 2,196,600 bushels on 26,900 acres at 81.7 bushels per acre. Corn reached 1,592,600 bushels on 17,000 acres at 93.7 bushels per acre. Wheat totaled 875,800 bushels on 19,800 acres at 44.2 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Bob Bozworth
State Board of Agriculture
Veterans Commission aide to visit Ottawa for veterans aid
Representing the Kansas Veterans Commission, a staff member will be at Ottawa City Hall all afternoon on May 6 and May 20 to help veterans and dependents with service work. Gregory S. Hook of Ottawa was among 34 Kansas high school students chosen for Air Force ROTC scholarships providing tuition books lab fees and 100 dollars monthly while in college. Dan Scott, son of Mr and Mrs Roger Scott Ottawa RFD 4, has been promoted to executive manager of Kansas Mutual Insurance Company in Topeka.
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West Point
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Kansas Veterans Commission
Ottawa
Gregory S. Hook
Kansas
Dan Scott
Roger Scott
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WHS
Williamsburg High School
State of Kansas
Emporia State University
Kathy Buckle
Elaine McClure
Shaui Andrews
Mike Basel
Budges Sports Center
Elliott Hall
Shirley
Brittain
Gas Service Company
Richard Byrd
Ad Briefs
Canada
Oakland Ballet Company
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Humane Shelter
Budge’s Hardware
Ariens
Budge's Hardware
Main
Ottaway
F.W
the Renegades
Call
Elks Lodge
Rhythm Ramblers Band
19Th St
Ottawa Herald
the Daily Report
District Court News
U.S.C
St. Joseph
Life Auto
Kim Schulte
Century 21
C. D. Schulte Agency, Inc
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Clinton Place
West
Lawrence, Kansas
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